Publications by authors named "Bernadette Zakher"
Objective: The objective of this review was to map the available global evidence on strategies that nurses can use to facilitate genomics-informed health care to address health disparities to inform the development of a research and action agenda.
Introduction: The integration of genomics into health care is improving patient outcomes through better prevention, diagnostics, and treatment; however, scholars have noted concerns with widening health disparities. Nurses work across the health system and can address health disparities from a clinical, research, education, policy, and leadership perspective.
Objective: The objective of this review is to better understand how allyship is defined in the literature from 1970 to the present with regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, and other (LGBTQ2S+) groups within health settings where English is the primary spoken language.
Introduction: LGBTQ2S+ individuals experience health inequities rooted in discrimination. Activism to redress this discrimination in health settings is frequently termed allyship.
Objective: The objective of this review is to appraise and synthesize current evidence of the clinical experiences of baccalaureate nursing students in preceptorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduction: Nursing education programs support quality clinical practice learning experiences, which are essential for preparing students for both the current and future workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the health care system and, previous estimates of the global shortage of nurses have now almost doubled.
Importance: Gestational diabetes is associated with several poor health outcomes.
Objective: To update the 2012 review on screening for gestational diabetes to inform the US Preventive Services Task Force.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL (2010 to May 2020), ClinicalTrials.
Background: Expedited partner therapy (EPT) can prevent transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reinfection of the index patient. We surveyed family physicians (FPs) in British Columbia to understand their perceptions of barriers and facilitators to EPT use and explored how perceptions varied by demographic and practice characteristics.
Methods: Survey participants were recruited through the Divisions of Family Practice, which include greater than 90% of FPs in British Columbia.
Importance: A 2013 review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening found interferon-based antiviral therapy associated with increased likelihood of sustained virologic response (SVR) and an association between achieving an SVR and improved clinical outcomes. New direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens are available.
Objective: To update the 2013 review on HCV screening to inform the USPSTF.
Importance: Medications to reduce risk of breast cancer are effective for women at increased risk but also cause adverse effects.
Objective: To update the 2013 US Preventive Services Task Force systematic review on medications to reduce risk of primary (first diagnosis) invasive breast cancer in women.
Data Sources: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, and MEDLINE (January 1, 2013, to February 1, 2019); manual review of reference lists.
Background: Infectious syphilis has increased substantially over the past decade. Targeting limited public health resources toward subpopulations with multiple reinfections may have a large impact in reducing onward transmission within a community.
Methods: A chart review was conducted for individuals with 4 or more infectious syphilis diagnoses between 2005 and 2014 (the top 1% of all syphilis diagnoses in British Columbia, Canada).
Background: Cannabis is increasingly available for the treatment of chronic pain, yet its efficacy remains uncertain.
Purpose: To review the benefits of plant-based cannabis preparations for treating chronic pain in adults and the harms of cannabis use in chronic pain and general adult populations.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and several other sources from database inception to March 2017.
Background: Cannabis is available from medical dispensaries for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in many states of the union, yet its efficacy in treating PTSD symptoms remains uncertain.
Purpose: To identify ongoing studies and review existing evidence regarding the benefits and harms of plant-based cannabis preparations in treating PTSD in adults.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, and other sources from database inception to March 2017.
Greater integration of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in U.S. primary care settings would expand access to treatment for this condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several imaging modalities are available for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Purpose: To evaluate the test performance of imaging modalities for HCC.
Data Sources: MEDLINE (1998 to December 2014), the Cochrane Library Database, Scopus, and reference lists.
Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with adverse health outcomes.
Purpose: To systematically review benefits and harms of vitamin D screening in asymptomatic adults.
Data Sources: Ovid MEDLINE (through the third week of August 2014), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Background: Previous research has supported screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia in asymptomatic, sexually active women (including pregnant women) who are younger than 25 years or at increased risk but not in other patient populations.
Purpose: To update the 2005 and 2007 systematic reviews for the U.S.
Background: In 2004, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
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